Coin-operated perfuming apparatus



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H. M. WILSON. COIN OPERATED PEBFUMING APPARATUS. N0. 446,639.

Patented Feb. 17,1891.

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H. M. WILSON.

COIN OPERATED PERFUMING APPARATUS. N0.f446,639. Patented Feb. 17, 1891 Wz'inesses [nu/ 3252" W 9. W 1 m (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

H. M. WILSON.

COIN OPERATED PERFUMING APPARATUS. No. 446,639. Patented Feb. 17, 1891.

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DOXVSE, OF NElVTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COIN-OPERATED PERFUMlNG APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,639, dated February 17, 1891.

Application filed April 7, 1890. Serial No. 846,863. (No modeli) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Honaon M. W ILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin- Operated Perfuming Apparatus, of which the following is a full specification.

My invention consists of an approved apparatus having mechanism such that when a coin of proper denomination is dropped into a slot a lever may be operated by means of a handle on the outside of the machine and a determined quantity of cologne or other liquid delivered in a stream or spray, the amount of liquid thus delivered in return'for the coin being readily regulated by a simple valve arrangement.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a form of apparatus embodying my invention, the inclosing case being represented as having its side and end broken away and the cover removed in order to show the operation of its interior parts. Fig. 2 is a perspective front and end view of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation near the door end of the casing, and Figs. a and 5 are sectional views of the regulating-valve in different positions.

A is the casing inclosing the working parts, one end of which A is hinged, as shown, to open as a door and give access to the interior.

The cologne or other liquid is contained in an air-tight receptacle it, the top of which is preferably provided with a screw-cap R, whereby the liquid may be introduced therein.

M is a flexible bulb secured in an airtight manner to the top of the liquid-receptacle R to communicate with the interior thereof, being held thereon in any desired way, as by cementing the edges of the bulb around a raised rim or flange on the top of the said receptacle. To the top of the bulb M is secured the bot tom of a rod B, guided to move vertically by passing through holes in the bracket K and piece N. t

F is a lever pivoted at its inner end, atf to a piece F, secured to the back of the casing, the said lever resting against and bearing upon the top of the rod 13. At its outer end the lever F terminates in the handle F out side the casing, by means of which the said lever is operated, being guided to move up and down by the vertical slit (4', made in the plate as here shown, surrounds the rod 1), secured at the top to the lever F and passing through a hole in the bracket K. This spring cl is seated at its top against the pieced, fixed on the rod D, and at its bottom against the said bracket K, so that whenever by the handle F the lever is depressed it will immediately be pushed upward again to its highest point, even if the handle is released at its lowest position. i

c is a stop against which the lever rests when at its highest point; The said lever is ordinarily kept locked at or near its extreme upward position by means of the latch L, which slides back and forth in two lugs f on the said lever. The spring Z, seated between the rearmost lug f and the pin Z on the latch L, tends to keep the said latch at its forward position, (shown in Figs. 1 and 3,) in which position the latch engages with the stationary looking projection E, fixed to the casing, when it is attempted to press down the handle F rendering it impossible to do so. lVhen the lever F is up, the rod 13 is also kept at its uppermost position-i. 6., with the bulb M distended-by means of the spring I), seated between the top of the the said rod.

G is a cam surmounting an arm G, which is pivoted at its lower end at g to the piece N. This cam G is continually pressed inward toward the lever F by means of a spring 2', Fig. 1, mounted in the support I, and the arm G is guided laterally by means of the slot Ii in the bracket I. The arm G is provided with a series of teeth g, having inclined tops, as shown, being arranged like aseries of ratchetteeth pointing downward.

b is a projection on the rod 13, engaging with the teeth 9 when the lever is pressed down, the arrangement and construction being such that'when a coinisinserted,asherepiece N and the pinb in inafter described, and the lever is pressed down the cam G will move forward sufficient to allow the projection b to engage with one of the teeth g. IVhen thelever is pressed down and thebulb M depressed,a certain quantity of the liquid is forced out through the tube I, which passes tightly through the top of the liquid-receptacle R, reaching nearly to the bottom thereof, passes out through the front of the casing, and terminates at its outer end, preferably in an ornamental figure P, the said outer end being of such a shape as to deliver the liquid either in a spray or single stream, as desired.

(J is the outer coin-channel, fixed to the front of the casing, near the top thereof, and having the slot 0'' of sufficient size to contain easily within it the coin of proper denomination to render the machine operative. From the outer channel C the coin drops into the inner curved channel 0, thence slides down the trough 0 onto the bracket f, fixed to a lug f on the lever F, finally resting in an inclined position against the bracket f and the bottom of the trough 0 being retained laterally between the flange con the trough O on one side and the lever F on the other. The coin is shown in this position in Fig. 3,being lettered 0. When the coin is in this position, the handle I and lever F may be pressed down, for the coin covers the looking projection E in an inclined position and acts as a cam, causing the latch L, as its forward end moves over the coin, to slide back sufficiently to clear the said locking projection E, the bottom of the trough being cut away over the projection E, as shown in Fig. 1. \Vhen the latch has cleared the locking projection, the coin drops back upon said latch and thence into a suitable coin-receptacle II, which, as here shown, consists of a removable box held on a shelf h by spring-pressure or otherwise. The lever when once unlocked is then pressed down completely, which pushes down the rod B and depresses the bulb M. The lever being disengaged from the cam G, the arm G is pressed forward, allowing the projection b on the rod B to engage with one of the teeth g, thus holding down the rod while the liquid is discharged through the pipe or tube I.

S is a bulb on a tube arising from the top of the liquid-receptacle and communicating with the interior, the said bulb containing a rotary regulating-valve, as shown in Figs. 4. and 5. This valve controls the amount of liquid delivered each time the machine is operated by regulating the force of the air compressed in the receptacle R upon the depressing of the bulb M. Each time the said bulb is pressed down the liquid flows out through the tube P as long as the-re is force enough to drive it. If the valve is open,as shown in Fig. 4;, obviously when the bulb M is depressed air escapes quite freely through the said valve. The force is soon spent Within the liquid-receptacle, and but little liquid is defar enough to lock itself.

livered from the tube P. On the other hand, when the valve in the bulb S is closed, as shown in Fig. 5, more time is taken to use up the force within the receptacle, which is almost all utilized in driving out the liquid, a large quantity of which is delivered from the tube on pressing down the lever. ing the valve in various intermediate positions between these two extremes the quantity of liquid to be delivered in return for the coin can be varied and fixed as desired. I have shown the valve-stem connected with the arm .9, which traverses the notched plate T as a convenient method of holding the valve in various positions. When the lever F and rod B have been pushed down in the manner described and the handle F released, the lever will at once return to its uppermost position by the spring (Z, the front of the latch L sliding over the beveled front surface of the projection E as a cam, thus pushing back the latch, which, under the influence of the spring l, returns to its normal position above the said projection, thus locking the lever so that it cannot be again pushed down till another coin is inserted. IVhile the le ver F is thus at once returned to its uppermost position, the rod 13 is held down for. a longer time by means of the projection 17 being looked under one of the ratchet-teeth g. The rod is held in this position until the lever F as 'it rises engages with the inclined front surface of the cam G, when the'said cam being pushed back by the lever the tooth g is released from the projection 11, allowing the rod 13 to rise by means of the spring I).

The series of teeth g act as a safety device, preventing all possibility of the handle F when once rendered operative by a coin, from being pumped up and down indefinitely below the position required for locking the same, thus enabling a large amount of liquid to be fraudulently obtained. The teeth g are so arranged that even when the lever F has been pressed down a little the projection b 011 the rod B will catch in one of them and the rod cannot return until the lever is raised The ratchet-teeth g are furthermore arranged so closely together that the pumping operation cannot be carried on between them, so that the machine can never be worked fraudulently and cannot by any possibility be made to deliver more than the determined amount of liquid in exchange for the coin.

1. In a liquid-delivering apparatus, a liquidreceptacle provided with a discharge-tube and a flexible bulb, in combination with a sliding rod operating said bulb, and a lever provided with a coin-operated locking-latch, constructed and arranged substantially as described.

2. In a coin-operated apparatus, a handle lever rovided with a sliding spring lockinglatch, in combination with a coin-guiding By turn- IIO trough, a coi n-holding bracket connected with said lever, and a stationary locking projection engaging with the latch, arranged Whereby when a coin is introduced the lever may be unlocked, substantially as described.

In a coiu-operated apparatus, a lever provided with a handle 13 and having a coinoperated spring locking-latch L sliding in lugs f on said lever, substantially as de' scribed.

I. In a liquid-delivering apparatus, a lever F, in combination with a bulb-operating sliding rod provided with a projection 12, a pivoted arm G, surmounted by a cam engaging with said lever, the said arin being provided with teeth g, engaging with said projection, and springs counteracting said lever-rod and arm, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes described.

5. In a liquiddelivering apparatus, the combination, with a liquid-receptacle provided with a flexible bulb and having a rotary regulating-valve, of a slidingrod operating said bulb, and a lever operating said rod, con

structed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes described.

6. In a coin-operated apparatus, a lever provided with a sliding coin-operated spring locking-latch, substantially as described.

7. In a coin-operated apparatus, the combination, with a lever having a sliding coinoperated locking-latch, of a stationary looking projection E, engaging with said latch, substantially as and for the purposes described.

8. In aliquid-delivering apparatus, the combination, with a rotary regulating-valve provided with the arm 5, of a notched plate '1, traversed by said arm, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HORACE M. "WILSON.

Witnesses:

W. B. H. Dowsn, ALBERT E. LEAorL 

